Metal-catalysed multiple boration of ketimines†
Abstract
Metal-catalysed addition of B2cat′2 (cat′ = 4-But-1,2-O2C6H3) to ketimines affords N-borylenamines and HBcat′. Analogous catalysed reactions of ketimines with HBcat′ in tetrahydrofuran afford multiply borated products, providing the first examples of metal-catalysed hydroboration of enamines.